Describe Your Running Today, Part II

Hey guys! I tell ya, posting from home laptop on LR's dyrt feels totally centered. Just got back Guangzhou-Dubai-Rome flght with 5hr layover in Dubai, and it feels doubly nice to be back. Actually ran into two really nice kenyan marathoners in Dubai on their way to Nairobi(and talked some running for a good hour) Wrote their name down somewhere, i'll post later.

Just went to pick up my daughter at school (usual 4k walk). Now we walk to gymnastics and maybe i'll just roll an easy 10k.

-273 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

Driske, you there? You got some nice warm weather runs in yet?

Hello, Rangoon! A big congrats to all my DYRT brothers and sisters (and trolls....Ha, ha!) on cracking the 4200 post marker. This thread continues to dominate the letsrun bandwidth thanks to your continued dedication. When I started this thread I never thought it would someday rock the letsrun world! I am humbled by what all of you have accomplished with this simple idea. Thank you!

My running remains nonexistent as the recovery is slow to be sure. Still you can count on me checking in here periodically to see how the DYRT family (minus one...Ha, ha!) is doing.

Keep up the good work, all!

yesterday PM

2k walk plus 12 easy run

today: national holiday here

40' yesterday after 8 days off to go fishing and rest a tweaked groin......no fish and the groin is still a tad sore at times.....not too bad when running though.....kept it short because of the layoff and groin.....have delayed the start of 2 on, 1 off for a bit.....plan to run tomorrow and Sunday, then maybe begin the summer cycle?......btw, the fishing was casting only.....no trolling.....get enough of that here...... :-)

AM; 6.2mi. 56 min. Left heel is becoming tender again. Otherwise, all seems well despite my low level of fitness.

Trolls come in all shapes and sizes, but like runners they can be recognized by their form.

yesterday:

Made it back to Paolo Rosi track for a lunchtime w/o.

15 mins warm up then with supersmooth master EwaK:

3x500m with 90 sec rest at 1:50

1500m same pace

2x500m at 1:40

1000m in 3:35

That was it for her. Still feeling relatively fresh to do a 6xlap starting in lane 6 finishing in lane 1 with as needed recovery (about 90secs) concentrating on form.

1 lap walking cool down.

Elliptical and 30 min. light weights yesterday.

PM. FRT; 2.5mi. 6;57 for one sandwiched in the middle.

Heel was improved. Perhaps the boat is turning back into the stream.

Family south of here lost their wallaby. Little fellow must find himself quite out of place amidst thousands of bovines.

Saturday

Kids Athletics, they still remember me, set up a nice S'shaped wu obstacle course, then it was jumps. Had my gps on. After one hour did some quadrupedia 400 for a morning total of 12k (mostly with the kids training. Retro birthday party at night with friends, actually felt good to get some dancing to live folk-music.

Sunday

Rest. Went to a Yoga festival in Villa Pamphili. Mostly just watched people do all sorts of stuff, including face exercises, which actually looked very funny. Lots of walking.

-268 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

PS. i signed up to masters race an 800, a 1000 and a 5000 next weekend. Might do all 3, might do none of them...

5k race (18:39)

warm + cool = 22'

50' on Friday PM, then 61' Sunday AM.....rather slowish on Sunday due to slightly sore and achy legs......feeling the short layoff, I guess.....not yet starting 2 on, 1 off, but only 36-ish hours between these two runs.....plan to run Tues. and Thurs. then maybe start the 2 on, 1 off on the weekend?.....groin still occasionally sore, but not trouble running.....life is good...

yesterday:

AM 4k walk to school and back

Lunch 12k in Villa Pamphili with the usual brethren

43' yesterday......ran nearly 1 min/mi faster than on Sunday.....almost begged off after waking up in the AM with a sore calf.....worked the foam roller pretty good the night before.....but it felt better in the PM and I rubbed in some liniment and I was good to go.....post workout weigh-in has me 20% of the way to goal.....

Yesterday .AM; 10 miles in a steady rain. 84 min.

Biked 75 minutes with the Bride this AM. Flatted 1.6 miles from home. The cooldown walk finished into a brisk wind.

Saturday,40mins kyak session, 60mins mountain biking and finished with a 50 min trail run around the lake.

Sunday, 4k warmup then "8k" club handicap. Turned out a bit short as the leaders took a left instead of right. 3k warmdown.

Monday, 105mins slow and easy jog mostly around the golf course, finished with a trot up to Viewing Rock.

Tuesday, 40mins kyakking and 60mins mountain biking before afternoon shift.

Wednesday, 90mins easy to brisk running around Wildflower, a few hills knocked over at a good pace.

Today, no chance to get out before dark so hit the windtrainer for a solid 45min spin and finished with a few weights.

AM: Sunny,49F.Shuffled 4 placid miles with the Bride. Bear trail east of home is more well defined than the Bride is comfortable with.

MOARG on the distant horizon. Shilthorn shuffle, arse kicking trails, high altitude lagers. tpcb lead on.

Bushman, you do realize The MOARG countdown started with more than 700 days? I am pretty bushed myself, but we shall persevere. And this Bride lingo reminds me of a runner i miss on this thread, better known as driske...

So yesterday was an easy 6k with exercises in Parco Solari gardens in Milan. Went to see BB King in concert at Arcimboldi theater. His Excellency is 84 and is more inspiring than an athlete in his prime. Man, can he Still play and sing the Blues! Oh man can he ever. And his band: all gentlemen to the finest degree.

The day before it was hills in Villa Pamphili for about 45 mins of hard work total.

Today, train ride and Golden Gala with kids. See the feed thread. I think i may have had unwittingly a good idea to make these meets more fun...

-263 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

PS. So maybe, since the masters 5000 is in the olympic stadium tomorrow night, i might just end up and go run these 12.5 victory laps...The 800 is on staurday morning and that collides with the last kids athletics sessioon of the season...

Just got back from Rome's Olympic Stadium where i ran the national masters track 5k.

A sizeable barefoot pr: managed 18m12s. Unusually smmoth and lightfooted even if the event was delayed by over 2 hours!

Easily recovered. Maybe tmw i'll slip out of kids athletics for the 800...

After setting up the obstacle courses and games at Paolo Rosi track, i managed to sneak to the Olympic stadium to run my 800m: came second in my heat with a 2:19.9 which was just fine.

Felt nice and smooth and really enjoyed it. There's plenty of time to learn to be competitive.

Then went back to Paolo Rosi to finish the end of season party

Yesterday; Bellin 10K@ Green Bay. All out to post a 45:30.Wow. Tally that a loss of 7:34 over the 4 years I've attended this event. No age group medals this this time out.

Great conditions and the usual ambassadors. Joan Samuelson, Bill Rodgers, John Korir, etc. were present to lead the way for the 17,+++ participants.

PM. 3.4 miles, 62F and humid, no wind. Fire flies and tree frogs aplenty. Traffic nil.